ToO Information

Request ID: 43145
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: AQL X-1
Target No.: 2590
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (287.81690, 0.58496)
Exp (ks): 15
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: 15 1-ks observations at 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 and 15 days.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2022-05-30 00:00 UTC
End: 2022-07-30 00:00 UTC
Remarks: The source will be in outburst as indicated by ATel #15401, ATel #15403. The source usually is in outburst for ~30 days, hence the epoch of observation.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 8.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. DEVRAJ D PAWAR

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-05-30 12:09:06
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2022-06-08 20:08:56.105384
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-06-23 20:13:41.459651
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2590
Nearest Taget Name: Aql_X-1
Separation (arcmin): 0.0018
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2590[Aql_X-1],6628[Aql_X-1],6832[Aql_X-1]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V32b.csv
Sun Angle: 151.6 deg at 2022:174:17:56:32 (UTC), 156.8 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference:
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt

Visibility

AGS3 Reference:
Visibility Report:

Target Name Target ID Visibility Start Visibility End Span Initial Final Relative
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Interference Interference Orbits